Tag: DAC

Audioengine W3 Premium Wireless Audio Adapter – Nemo Memo

Adapter, Audio, Battery, Bluetooth, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Macintosh, Music, Nemo Memo, Opinion, Review, Speakers, Wi-Fi, Wireless 0

Audioengine’s excellent W3 Premium Wireless Audio Adapter is a send/receive two-module system that uses proprietary wireless technology to play your music to any speaker with mini audio or RCA ports. The modules can be powered from either AC or USB sources, including iPhone power plugs and external USB-output batteries, plus many others. Audio quality is superior to Bluetooth.

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AudioQuest JitterBug USB Data & Power Noise Filter – Review

Adapter, Audio, Headphones, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, Macintosh, Music, Review 1

The AudioQuest JitterBug looks exactly like a small USB flash drive (also called thumb drive), but unlike those drives, the JitterBug has a USB-A input on one end and a USB-A output on the other end. Therefore, you plug the JitterBug into a standard USB-A port on your computer, and then plug your DAC, or digital audio converter, into the JitterBug.

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Beep Dial Wi-Fi Streaming Music Player – User Report Review

Adapter, Apps, Audio, Bluetooth, Dock, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Music, Review 0

Beep is a small Wi-Fi music player that connects to any speaker system and lets you cast music from your phone. That is the official description, humble and understated. In actual use, Beep Dial, a new company’s initial product, is the most innovative wireless audio iOS streaming invention in 2015, with the best dancing demo video. Beep Dials are assembled in San Francisco.

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Audioquest Nighthawk Stereo Headphone – Audiophile Review

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How to describe the sound of the Audioquest Nighthawk? The term liquid comes to mind, as a smoothness that’s like water on a plate. As I’ve been listening the past few days I thought “This is like listening to average solid-state amps for years, and then hearing a highly-regarded tube amp for the first time.” That’s an imperfect analogy, since I’m dealing with the complexities of sound, and audiophile sound at that.

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D3 DAC-plus-Headphone-Amp – guest review by Dale Thorn

Adapter, Audio, Digital Recorder, Earphones, Features, Headphones, iTunes, Macintosh, Music, Review, Speakers 1

When the Audioengine D3 DAC arrived, I ran it for a few hours just to keep it honest, although I didn’t expect a significant change with a burn-in period. When I finally got around to listening later that evening, I thought the sound was as good as anything I’ve ever heard. In fact, having spent a great deal of time with the HRT Microstreamer and v-moda Verza recently, the first thing that I became aware of was an impression of analog-like sound.

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